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JPS Old Testament

Psalms 119:116

Uphold me according unto Thy word, that I may live; and put me not to shame in my hope.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Desire;   Hope;   Instruction;   The Topic Concordance - Disobedience;   Straying;   Wickedness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Hope;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Law;   Letters;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Commentary;   Love to God;   Union to Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Judgments of God;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Life;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   Ain;   Aleph;   Beth;   Joy;   Pharisees;   Prayer;   Psalms;   Regeneration;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Testimony;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;   Scripture;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hope;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for April 4;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Sustain me according to Your word, that I may live;And do not put me to shame because of my hope.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Sustain me according to Your word, that I may live; And do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Strengthen me in thy worde and I shall lyue: and make me not ashamed of my hope.
Darby Translation
Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
New King James Version
Uphold me according to Your word, that I may live; And do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
Literal Translation
Uphold me by Your Word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Easy-to-Read Version
Support me, Lord, as you promised, and I will live. I trust in you, so don't disappoint me.
World English Bible
Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
King James Version (1611)
Uphold mee according vnto thy word, that I may liue: and let mee not be ashamed of my hope.
King James Version
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O stablish me acordinge vnto thy worde, yt I maye lyue, & let me not be disapoynted of my hope.
Amplified Bible
Uphold me according to Your word [of promise], so that I may live; And do not let me be ashamed of my hope [in Your great goodness].
American Standard Version
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Bible in Basic English
Be my support as you have said, and give me life; let not my hope be turned to shame.
Update Bible Version
Uphold me according to your word, that I may live; And don't let me be ashamed of my hope.
Webster's Bible Translation
Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
New English Translation
Sustain me as you promised, so that I will live. Do not disappoint me!
Contemporary English Version
Be true to your word, Lord . Keep me alive and strong; don't let me be ashamed because of my hope.
Complete Jewish Bible
Uphold me, as you promised; and I will live; don't disappoint me in my hope.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Stablish me according to thy promes, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.
George Lamsa Translation
Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Hebrew Names Version
Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
New Living Translation
Lord , sustain me as you promised, that I may live! Do not let my hope be crushed.
New Life Bible
Hold me up by Your Word and I will live. Do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Uphold me according to thy word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation.
English Revised Version
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Berean Standard Bible
Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.
New Revised Standard
Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live, and let me not be put to shame in my hope.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live, and do not shame me out of my hope!
Douay-Rheims Bible
(118-116) Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation.
Lexham English Bible
Sustain me according to your word, that I may live, and do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
English Standard Version
Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live, and let me not be put to shame in my hope!
New American Standard Bible
Sustain me according to Your word, that I may live; And do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
New Century Version
Support me as you promised so I can live. Don't let me be embarrassed because of my hopes.
Good News Translation
Give me strength, as you promised, and I shall live; don't let me be disappointed in my hope!
Christian Standard Bible®
Sustain me as You promised, and I will live; do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Vp take thou me bi thi word, and Y schal lyue; and schende thou not me fro myn abydyng.
Revised Standard Version
Uphold me according to thy promise, that I may live, and let me not be put to shame in my hope!
Young's Literal Translation
Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.

Contextual Overview

116 Uphold me according unto Thy word, that I may live; and put me not to shame in my hope. 117 Support Thou me, and I shall be saved; and I will occupy myself with Thy statutes continually.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Uphold: Psalms 37:17, Psalms 37:24, Psalms 41:12, Psalms 63:8, Psalms 94:18, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 42:1

and let me: Psalms 25:2, Isaiah 45:17, Romans 5:5, Romans 9:32, Romans 10:11, 1 Peter 2:6

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 32:31 - left him Psalms 17:5 - Hold Psalms 51:12 - uphold Psalms 119:8 - O forsake Psalms 119:133 - Order Jeremiah 10:23 - General Matthew 26:33 - yet Luke 22:40 - Pray Romans 14:4 - he shall Philippians 1:20 - in nothing

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Uphold me according unto thy word,.... In thy ways, that my footsteps slip not; in thine arms, and with the right hand of thy righteousness, from fainting and sinking under difficulties and discouragements, in trying circumstances; and from slipping and sliding out of the way of God; and from a total and final filling away, according to thy word of promise, that, as are the days of thy people, their strength shall be; and that thou wilt never leave them nor forsake them. The Targum is,

"uphold me in thy word;''

or by thy word, either essential or written;

that I may live; meaning not corporeally, though none so live but whom the Lord upholds in life; but, spiritually, live by faith on Christ the Saviour, live comfortably on the word of promise, and live honourably, agreeably to the word of God, in all holy conversation and godliness;

and let me not be ashamed of my hope: as men are, when they are disappointed or having and enjoying what they have been hoping and waiting for; but the grace of hope makes not ashamed, nor shall those who have it ever have any reason to be ashamed of it; since it is a good hope through grace; is an anchor of the soul, sure and steadfast; is upon a good foundation, Christ, and by which men are saved; and so may rejoice, in full hope of the glory of God they shall certainly enjoy.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Uphold me - Sustain me in the trials and the temptations of life. Help me to bear afflictions without sinking under them; to meet temptations without yielding to them; to encounter opposition from the enemies of religion without being overcome.

According unto thy word -

(1) According to the requirements of thy word - that I may be conformed to them;

(2) according to the promises of thy word - that they may be verified in me.

That I may live - That my life may not be cut off by my foes, and that I may not sink under my burdens.

And let me not be ashamed of my hope - The meaning of this is, Let not my hope prove to be delusive and vain; let it not be seen at last that it is worthless, or that religion has no power to accomplish what it promises. See Psalms 6:10, note; Psalms 25:2-3, note; Psalms 31:1, note. The phrase does not mean, as it would seem to signify, Let me not blush, or be unwilling to acknowledge my hope, or to profess that I am a friend of God. That “would be,” indeed, a proper prayer, but it is not the prayer here.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 119:116. Uphold me — סמכני sammecheni, prop me up; give me thyself to lean upon.


 
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